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This manuscript is a very compact early-sixteenth-century Book of Hours made for the use of Rome. It is written in Latin in a humanistic script with illuminated initials throughout and bears a beautiful example of gold, floral gauffering. It was made in Paris for a nobleman from the Hurault de Chivernay family of Brittany, as indicated by the inclusion of his coat of arms, an azure cross in a gold crest with suns in each quadrant (fols. 26v, 86r, and 102v). This manuscript was illuminated by the Master of Morgan 85 in the workshop of Jean Pichore and features three small miniatures of the Evangelists, as well as one full-page miniature marking the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin and fifteen large miniatures for each major textual division section. Each large miniature is surrounded by an all'antica architectural border painted in camaieu d'or. The manuscript includes a Calendar in Latin (fols. 1r-10v), Gospel Lessons (fols. 11r-15v), the Passion Sequence of Saint John (fols. 16r-23v), the Stabat Mater (fols. 23v-24v), O Intemerata (fols. 24v-25r), Hours of the Virgin (fols. 26v-79v), Hours of the Cross (fols. 80r-82v), Hours of the Holy Spirit (fols. 83r-85v), Penitential Psalms and Litany (fols. 86r-101v), and Office of the Dead (fols. 102r-134v). The Obsecro te (fols. 137r-140r) falls in the middle of the Suffrages (fols. 135r-146v), the final section in this remarkable Book of Hours.
Support: Parchment; Extent: iii+146+iii; 79 x 53 mm bound to 83 x 57 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1 (10), 2-18 (8)
One column of twenty lines, ruled in faint red ink; written area: 57 x 30 mm
Humanistic
One full-page miniature; fifteen three-quarter page miniatures; three small, seven-line miniatures; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
The Master of Morgan 85 (fl. c. 1501-1520) is named after a Book of Hours in the Pierpont Morgan Library; he was part of the large and productive workshop of Jean Pichore, a Parisian illuminator of the 16th century; Jean Pichore worked for an impressive roster of clients, including King Louis XII and Cardinal Georges d'Ambroise, archbishop of Rouen
For the Hurault de Chivernay (Cheverny) genealogy, see De la Chenaye des Bois, Dictionnaire de la Noblesse, X, cols. 884-904
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Paris, France
Early 16th century
English blue morocco, motto "Deus alit me" and crest of Theodore Williams on upper cover; his mantled arms are stamped on lower cover, gilt and gauffered edges, late nineteenth century
Latin
Executed for a man of the Hurault de Chivernay (Cheverny) family of Brittany, bearing his arms, or a cross azure, each canton charged with the sun's shadow gules (fols. 26v, 86r, and 102v); collection of Rev. Theodore Williams (his armorial on front and back covers); his sale, Stewart, Wheatley and Adlard, London, 5 April 1827, lot 919, to Philip Hurd; his sale, Evans, London, 29 March 1832, lot 627; Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris; his sale, Pawlowski & Labitte, Paris, 26 May 1879, lot 29; Bernard Quaritch, London; gift of Lisa Norris Elkins (1899-1950) to the Free Library of Philadelphia
Paris, France
Early 16th century
Latin
Executed for a man of the Hurault de Chivernay
This manuscript is a very compact early-sixteenth-century Book of Hours made for the use of Rome. It is written in Latin in a humanistic script with illuminated initials throughout and bears a beautiful example of gold, floral gauffering. It was made in Paris for a nobleman from the Hurault de Chivernay family of Brittany, as indicated by the inclusion of his coat of arms, an azure cross in a gold crest with suns in each quadrant (fols. 26v, 86r, and 102v). This manuscript was illuminated by the Master of Morgan 85 in the workshop of Jean Pichore and features three small miniatures of the Evangelists, as well as one full-page miniature marking the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin and fifteen large miniatures for each major textual division section. Each large miniature is surrounded by an all'antica architectural border painted in camaieu d'or. The manuscript includes a Calendar in Latin (fols. 1r-10v), Gospel Lessons (fols. 11r-15v), the Passion Sequence of Saint John (fols. 16r-23v), the Stabat Mater (fols. 23v-24v), O Intemerata (fols. 24v-25r), Hours of the Virgin (fols. 26v-79v), Hours of the Cross (fols. 80r-82v), Hours of the Holy Spirit (fols. 83r-85v), Penitential Psalms and Litany (fols. 86r-101v), and Office of the Dead (fols. 102r-134v). The Obsecro te (fols. 137r-140r) falls in the middle of the Suffrages (fols. 135r-146v), the final section in this remarkable Book of Hours.
The Master of Morgan 85 (fl. c. 1501-1520) is named after a Book of Hours in the Pierpont Morgan Library; he was part of the large and productive workshop of Jean Pichore, a Parisian illuminator of the 16th century; Jean Pichore worked for an impressive roster of clients, including King Louis XII and Cardinal Georges d'Ambroise, archbishop of Rouen
For the Hurault de Chivernay (Cheverny) genealogy, see De la Chenaye des Bois, Dictionnaire de la Noblesse, X, cols. 884-904
Humanistic
One full-page miniature; fifteen three-quarter page miniatures; three small, seven-line miniatures; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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